I’m a Californian, born and raised. I come from a 14 year professional background in the wine industry. I did study abroad in 2005 when I was 25 ( I went to school over many years due to not having enough $ to do it in four years or without loans and aid) in Italy. more ...

My name is Ali Meehan, I live on the Costa del Sol and I am a serial expatiate keen to integrate and enjoy the culture of my wonderful new home country. As the founder of Costa Women, I am a social entrepreneur with the largest social networking community for women living in, or planning on relocating to Spain.

Costa Women won Best of British Social Club by The Telegraph and Expat Stars award from MyCurrencyTransfer. more ...

My name is Kelly McLachlan. I moved to Spain with my friend to work a season at her uncle's restaurant back in 2003. It was only supposed to be for one summer and I'm still here...12 years later. The work was already there and we literally packed for just the summer. We were to move into the flat that her uncle owned for staff, so we were lucky that accommodation was taken care of for us.

We were in a predominantly expat area on an urbanization and had a LOT of Brits as neighbours. They were a friendly bunch, we all helped each other out as we were all in the same boat, so to speak. more ...

My name is Cat Gaa, and I'm a Chicagoan who moved to Seville, Spain. I'm a Jill-of-all-Trades: I teach, I write, I translate and I'm working on setting up a business!

Where, when and why did you move abroad?

I finished university in 2007 and wanted to move abroad for a year to improve my Spanish and travel. I had previously studied abroad, but didn't get everything out of it that I wanted. I applied to a work exchange program for teachers and was placed in a school 15 kilometers west of Seville. I've been living and working here since. more ...

My name is Elle Draper, and I live in a little converted farmhouse on the side of a valley in Almeria, in Andalucia - Southern Spain. I live here with my partner, Alan, and our three very enthusiastic rescue dogs These are Guido (Chief of Security / G Unit), a Beagador. Pepper (Big Face / Big Black Bear), a Labrador, and Billy (Billster / Ginger / Benjamin Button), a boxer.

Originally I hail from Southsea, Hampshire although I was actually born in York. Together with Alan, I provide web design, online marketing and search engine optimisation services (getting sites to number one in Google for example). more ...

We are Alan Parks and Lorna Penfold, and we live in an old Olive Mill in the countryside surrounding Montoro in the province of Cordoba, Andalucia.

We moved here in January 2008, having only decided the previous June that we would move. Lorna was a competitive dance teacher for 30 years but was diagnosed with Sarcoidosis, and was struggling with work, so we decided to make a change. You can read Lorna’s story here.

The crisis was a big problem for us. The day we put our house in the UK on the market was the day the queues started forming outside the banks. more ...